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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2017
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Makino, Tokyo, JP;
Yousuke Ikemoto, Tokyo, JP;
HOYA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic endoscope processor includes: a converting means for converting each of a plurality of pieces of pixel data that are made up of n (n≥3) types of color components and constitute a color image of a biological tissue in a body cavity into a piece of pixel data that is made up of m (m≥2) types of color components, m being smaller than n; a correlation value calculating means for setting a reference axis that is related to a target illness and, for each pixel of the color image, calculating a correlation value with a predetermined reference that is related to the target illness; and an evaluation value calculating means for integrating the correlation values calculated for the pixels and setting a sum of the correlation value obtained by the integrating as an evaluation value that is related to the target illness.